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Gardner Board approves moving forward on medication and sharps disposal contracting
Summary
With no director in place, board staff said they will move forward securing medication and sharps disposal services: New England Medical Waste quoted $65 per box for medications and Trilogy Waste (via MPA contract) quoted $170 per bundle for sharps; staff will coordinate with the police station and MPA to add Gardner.
Board staff told members they intend to proceed with contracting for medication and sharps disposal while the director position remains vacant. Speaker 2 said she will contact the police station and New England Medical Waste to start medication-box pickups; the vendor quoted $65 per box for pickup and disposal.
For sharps disposal, Speaker 2 said she received information that Trilogy Waste provides service under an MPA contract at roughly $170 per bundle and that she will confirm frequency and arrange for Gardner to be added to the MPA agreement. "I'm going to move forward with this," she said, arguing the city should not delay these public-health services while staffing is in flux.
Board members asked staff to confirm contract frequency and how MPA billing would be incorporated into Gardner's budget. No formal procurement vote was recorded; staff signaled an intent to proceed and to return with contractual details.
What happens next: staff will get pricing and contract details from New England Medical Waste and Trilogy Waste, confirm frequency and budgeting with MPA and the police station, and report back to the board.
